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MySpace looks to the past for its future
The social networking site plans to return to its roots by pushing entertainment content and jettisoning portal-like features.
In a last-ditch effort to revive struggling MySpace, owner News Corp. has adopted a new strategy that it hopes will give the site's millions of users a reason to keep coming back.
In a last-ditch effort to revive struggling MySpace, owner News Corp. has adopted a new strategy that it hopes will give the site's millions of users a reason to keep coming back.
Battle heats up over Southern California Gas smart meter proposal
SoCalGas says the radio-controlled meters will help customers save money. But critics denounce the plan as a boondoggle, contending the costs far outweigh the benefits.
Natural gas consumers could pay more than $1 billion to put radio-controlled smart meters on their homes, even though an agency judge has ruled that the proposal by Southern California Gas Co. is a money loser.
Natural gas consumers could pay more than $1 billion to put radio-controlled smart meters on their homes, even though an agency judge has ruled that the proposal by Southern California Gas Co. is a money loser.
Furniture maker's financial cushion is worn thin
Credit used to grease Gina Quatrine's business, but now the freeze gums it up.
Gina Quatrine declared that her furniture factory was a "true old-fashioned European workshop" -- which seemed a bit incongruous, given that we were standing on a concrete shop floor in an industrial neighborhood of Rancho Dominguez.
Gina Quatrine declared that her furniture factory was a "true old-fashioned European workshop" -- which seemed a bit incongruous, given that we were standing on a concrete shop floor in an industrial neighborhood of Rancho Dominguez.
LifeLock settles FTC and state allegations that it misled consumers
The company agrees to pay $12 million and to tone down claims about the effectiveness of its identity-theft protection service.
Its chief executive prominently displays his Social Security number in ads for his identity-theft protection company. But LifeLock Inc. couldn't protect customers from the company's own misleading advertising, according to state and federal authorities.
Its chief executive prominently displays his Social Security number in ads for his identity-theft protection company. But LifeLock Inc. couldn't protect customers from the company's own misleading advertising, according to state and federal authorities.
Runaway film production is the star of this movie
In a North Hollywood studio, actor Jack McGee is stripped down to his boxers, his legs duct-taped to a chair in a room draped in plastic sheets. He's not playing his best-known role of Chief Jerry Reilly in the TV series "Rescue Me" but the unlucky owner of a nightclub, sweating profusely as a mobster and his goons threaten to cut off his legs with a chain saw.
Runaway Prius driver: 'I was laying on the brakes but it wasn't slowing down'
Regulators and Toyota say they'll investigate James Sikes' wild ride east of San Diego, where he reached speeds of 90 mph weaving in and out of traffic before a CHP officer came to his aid.
James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later the car was driving fine. But on Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 east of San Diego, the car kept going.
James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later the car was driving fine. But on Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 east of San Diego, the car kept going.
RapidEye's Change Detection Services Show Damages in Areas Affected by the Chilean Earthquake
RapidEye announced that they have used their own before and after imagery of the city of Concepción, Chile to record the changes that were caused by the February 27th earthquake.
Local Engineering Effort Honored in National Competition
McKim & Creed is a finalist in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 44th annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition for performing mobile scanning surveys of eight projects for the NCDOT.
Topcon Names Smith Director of GNSS Product Management
Smith’s responsibilities will include working closely with the company’s engineering groups, as well as marketing and operations teams.
Nicholas De Rose Named President of the New Jersey LSRPA
De Rose earned this distinction after playing a key role in forming the coalition of consultants that helped direct progress toward legislation that enacted the new LSRP Program in New Jersey.
PenBay Selects Trimble’s Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution to Offer Expanded Services
PenBay will use TIMMS as a key enabler to expand PenBay’s current solutions for real property and public safety applications.
Intergraph Solutions Advance Public Safety and Interoperability During XXI Winter Olympics
During the February 2010 timeframe of the XXI Winter Olympiad, Intergraph’s integrated solutions successfully scaled to handle the increase in call and dispatch volume.
Cobb Named Topcon Director of Agriculture Product Management
Cobb has 20 years of experience in the precision agriculture business.
McKim & Creed Announces Senior VPs
Tim Baldwin, PE, Tim Cawood, PLS, Street Lee, PE, and Mark Smith, PE, LEED AP, have been promoted.
ASPRS Announces 2010 SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award Winner
Daniel Civco, PhD, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering at the University of Connecticut, has been named the winner.
Langan Raises $50,000 to Support Earthquake Victims in Haiti
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services and its employees set out to raise money for the relief effort in Haiti – and delivered a total gift of $50,000.
Iron GIS Tech: Mobile GIS Solutions Workshop
This half-day workshop focuses on office to field technology to easily configure and deploy a user-friendly mobile GIS without any programming.